700 (Q48V37): Story of an underdog.

Months ago when I started GMAT prep, I was absolutely a defeatist overwhelmed at the daunting task of going thru the vast material, grasping the concept with solid understanding, and on the top of it mastering skills and techniques to nail the right answer in a very short time frame over long hours of grueling boring test.

So one lousy day, when I totally had it, and almost about to give up: in a eureka moment almost in a strike of lightening I came up with this three-prong-strategy:

1. Understand the core concept: List areas of concepts you need to cover ( example: for Geometry, list may include coordinates, slope, Rhombus…..). If necessary go back to high school books to understand the basics. I mostly did google search and found a tons of high school level materials that helped clarify the concepts.

2. Practice questions by concept area at a time. Use error log. Make flash cards for concept area (example: area of a rhombus is half the product of its diagonals). Go back and review error logs to expand your functional understanding of the concept area.

3. Use OG as the bible. Take at least five practice tests including new OG diagnostic. Two weeks before the exam, only focus on the error logs (the most of your mistakes are often results of your carelessness or lack of attention to the details. Reviewing error log will only reveal how your habit of overlooking things get you wrong answer and will help you carefully amend those habits). Don’t try to learn too many new stuff right before the exam. You will get your bank for the buck by reviewing and polishing things that you already know but may mess up on the test.

Hope this is helpful. Thank you all for your contribution. Good Luck:-)